I remember getting for Christmas in 1988 an original Sega (not Sega Genesis, but Sega). It was life changing! But it also set me more on the Sega path than Nintendo. Then, when PlayStation came out, it was more PlayStation in college. So never got into Nintendo, except playing it here and there (hated that 64 controller too).
I did get a Nintendo switch for my kids a year ago, and it is nice— though even they tend to play more stuff on apps than on that.